After a win over Tonga in their World Cup opener, England traveling to Kobe to face the USA who’ll soon be playing their first game of the tournament.
With all the 5 things secured, zero tries conceded although eddie Jones side proved underwhelming in the clash of Sunday and no harm scares the direction will be content. With only a four day turnaround Jones has taken the choice to shuffle his 23 man squad with 10 changes to the side which lined up in the Sapporo Dome.
In the backs Willi Heinz, Jonathan Joseph, Piers Francis, Ruaridh McConnochie and Joe Cokanasiga all begin. Even though Luke Cowan-Dickie, Dan Cole, Joe Launchbury, George Kruis and Lewis Ludlam get their chance.
The two sides have met at three World Cups with England claiming victories in 1987, 1991 and 2007.
The USA will no doubt provide resistance, they’ve their very own professional league and have Premiership established players such as AJ MacGinty, Titi Lamositele and Joe Taufete’e, so this changed side will be wary of a potential banana skin.
One of those stars of the warm-up series of England was Joe Cokanasiga, standing 6ft 4in and weighing over 19 rock that wingers on earth could match.
In eight games for his country he’s dotted down five occasions, he will look for cost tryscorer and at best the ball in this game he makes the allure.
Another Joe has even caught my attention when considering this game and that’s USA star hooker Joe Taufete’e. In just 23 games for the USA he’s an amazing 20 tries (the most from a tight five forward in the history of global rugby).
While a lot of his tries have come from opposition he has scored against the likes of Samoa, Scotland and Ireland. Any participant with his type of record is well worth a punt at everywhere and is tough to dismiss.
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